Showing posts with label Ophelia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ophelia. Show all posts

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Millais and his Ophelia

One of my absolute favorites when it come to British art, oh, why, art in general. The Pre-Raphaelites, as are commonly known today, were a group of English artists: painters, writers, critics, established by John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. They wanted to reform art and go back to a refreshed Classical poses and elegance in style. They looked up to the compositions of Raphael, hence the name. Ophelia that can be seen in London's Tate Britain is one of the most exquisite examples of the movement. Why mention her now?